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Geoffrey C. Ward

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November 30, 1940

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Geoffrey Champion Ward is an author and screenwriter of various documentary presentations of American history. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1962.

He was an editor of American Heritage magazine early in his career. He wrote the television mini-series The Civil War with its director Ken Burns and has collaborated with Burns on every documentary he has made since, including Jazz and Baseball. This work won him five Emmy Awards. The most recent Burns/Ward collaboration, The War, premiered on PBS in September 2007. In addition he co-wrote The West, of which Ken Burns was an executive producer, with fellow historian Dayton Duncan.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 3,539 ratings · 312 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Ric Burns 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 990 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baseball by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 606 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark Twain by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jazz: A History of America's Music by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The West by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Stephen Ives (Contributor) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closest Companion: The Unknown Story of the Intimate Relationship Between Franklin Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley 3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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